Motor Vehicles in New South Wales One for Every Nine Persons
With 304,000 motor vehicles registered, New South Wales has the fourth highest ownership rate in the world, said the Minister for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 119
Motor Cycling Party Located Missing Four Dats
After having been missing for four days in the hot, waterless country on the overland route about 440 miles east of Kalgoorlie, six stunt…
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Sir,—It would appear as though the time is ripe for the Maitland Councils and other public bodies in this district to give deep and thoughtful…
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The Race dance and War Bridge evening to be held in the West Maitland Town Hall this Thursday night will provide a fitting climax to the big…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lorry Accident On Copeland Road
While reluming from Copeland in a lorry last week Neville Wcstcott, employed in Bagley's store, Barrington, had a miraculous escape from death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Bridge for Pacific Highway Tomago Rocks Site
For many years there has been an agitation for the construction of a bridge across the Hunter near Hexham, where the Pacific Highway crosses that river. The matter was taken a step further last night by a meeting at Raymond Terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge Of Insulting Words Echo of Neath-road Incident Defendant Convicted and Fined
At Cessnock Court yesterday Beatrice Eva Bender proceeded against Sid Wicken on a charge of insulting words…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"All Is Well" The Motor Industry New Car Sales
The sales of new cars and commercial vehicles in the Commonwealth for the first two months of the current year indicate that all is well with this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First Aid Kits Advice to Motorists
The safety department of the N.R. M.A. urges every motorist, especially those undertaking country tours, to carry a first aid kit in the car. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Evening
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hill, of Lorn, entertained a few friends at bridge last Saturday evening. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Roy Quist, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Smash Cape Town, April 5
Twenty-three were killed and many were injured in a head-on collision at night between a passenger train and a goods train south or Plumtree, on the…
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A man was prevented from jumping over the Harbor bridge on Monday night, by two seamen. A seaman from the Montoro saw the man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work on Roads Report to Council Bolwarra Shire
Cr. W. J. Head presided at a meeting of Bolwarra Shire Council this afternoon, and there were also present Crs. F. Dutton, G. W…
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The Minister for Defence, Mr Thorby, referring to the advocacy by the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party of the use of railway workshops for…
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There was a very large, and intensely interested attendance at the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond Terrace, on Monday night, when the public meeting woo held for…
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WITH the delivery of 18 girders within a few days' time, the whole number needed to complete the reconstruction of the Long Bridge in…
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The social side of the two days' race meeting promoted by the Maitland Race and Sports Club, which was so successfully began to-day, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Over Bridge Occupants Unhurt BRISBANE
A car plunged 20 feet from Toombul railway bridge on to the track below. The three occupants crawled out…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on Motor Ship London, April 8
The Swedish motor ship Tisnaren, bound from Sydney to Hull and Oslo with a cargo of copper and wheat, caught fire in the Thames. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RURALROUTES East-West Railway CASINO
Grafton-Glen Innes, Guyra-Dorrigo and Casino-Teaterfield, were the rival routes discussed by the Casino Chamber of Commerce, which decided to…
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